Saint-Cloud

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Saint-Cloud — Town in Hauts-de-Seine, where a king was killed in 1589 and the Directory overthrown in 1799
A town west of Paris where a king camped before his rebellious capital and was stabbed there, and whose château two centuries later housed the Councils of Ancients and of Five Hundred on 19 Brumaire — the decisive day of the coup. (Editorial synthesis)
Saint-Cloud is located in Hauts-de-Seine. (source: INSEE, Code officiel géographique)
Recorded person born in Saint-Cloud: Philippe d’Orléans.
2 people who died in Saint-Cloud are recorded: Henry III and Philippe I d’Orléans.
2 events that took place in Saint-Cloud are recorded: the assassination of Henry III and the coup of 18 Brumaire.
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